The clinical significance of positive blood cultures: A comprehensive analysis of 500 episodes of bacteremia and fungemia in adults. I. Laboratory and epidemiologic observations
Weinstein MP, Reller LP, Murphy JR, et al. The clinical significance of positive blood cultures: A comprehensive analysis of 500 episodes of bacteremia and fungemia in adults. I. Laboratory and epidemiologic observations. Reviews of Infectious Diseases. 1983;5:35–53.
This article presents a retrospective review of 500 cases of septicemia, with analysis of laboratory and epidemiologic findings such as speciation, type of service the patient was on (medical, surgical, ob/gyn, or transplant), incidence of nosocomial infection, primary source of bacteremia, and differences in speciation in neutropenic and non-neutropenic patients.
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